The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-01-06
BRIC.A.BRAC.


Pm well backed with silver" as the
| looking glass said. .r@l-
Can man intoxicated by music bc said
| to be air tight?
Shakespeare never billed his plays. Yet
he huildcd better than he knew, Bill did.
A Onearmcd man should be a'good cu-
chrc player. He always has lone hand.
If no money was spent foOliShly half the
world would he out Of work
y man who talks about himself is some
times fool but seldom Il slandeier.
Why is the average undertaken libcralY
Because when he gets a job he always sends
for the bier
Most any young man would embrace re-
l%lOn--if ii is contained in the heart of u
pretty girl.
1t IS very unhealthy for II growing boy TO
smoke tobacco-particularly if his father
catches him at il.
"A Michigan woman kicked bear to death
lew days ago, and now her husband never
contradicts anything she says.
An exchange says "kind words arc NJ .or
loSt, But your wife sometimes mjslays
'hcih uhtil she wants another new bounet.
big thing is SO far from being sure
'iihg That 1t usually gets left. The big car
rlaSc wheels are Invariably the hind wheels.
Telling the truth about it afterwards. does
not make it right to chop down a cherry
tree.
AS the early bird catches the influenza
so the llrSt person mt Il church festival gets
the biggest dish Of scallopcd oysters.
The philosophical Picuyune of New Or
le"ns remarks that the one who is struck
secs things differently from the striker.
N,,hn
accommodated where the peaceable couid
go through unscathcd.
llc-lIow old arc you, Miss Emma?
Hic-l am old enough to know better than
to answer that question.
The old-fashioncd dinner horn was made
OF tin, but the modern dinner horn is made
OF whisky and bittcrs
y writer i'll contemporary thinks that
1.-The activities Of life have fewer channels
and time seems to grow scarcer as we 90
| West" -
y hypocrite may spin so fair a thread rs
to decclvc his own eye. He may admire
the cobweb, and not know himself to be
| the spider
on are always blowing" said Il wife
| /" her husband; 'if would work harder
aud blow less you would find it easier to
raise the wind
The most thoughtful man living is the
ON" who Immediately stopped dying when
reminded that his life insurance policy had
| expired.
W hen man obtains an increase of salary
he becomes more than ever convinced of
ih" truth of the aphorism: The laborcr is
worthy of his higher"
Society is I'LL agoy over powdered heads
and lace collars. The ladies arc getting up
Il swell entertainment for next week in
Which these articles will figure prominently.
| Explanations from the youth who was
Iorcibiy elected from Il Columbia residence
IN" o'hcr evening arc unnecessary. The
reason was APPARENT.
. ltuSsian punch is revived now in fash
ion#blc circles. 1t is made of tea. mort
wine, brandy. sugar, lemons and water 4
second glass is dangerous
When You hear man say "ratS,' in .
company of people You may easily infer
THAT his father was Il Chinamaa, and that
he IS calling ior his fav0ritc dish
= 1t Is an actual observer who SAYS in re-
E''Ioh To character, that sometimes the linen
e.. Is worth gO0d deal more than the Gurni.
turc il covers.
h ~ rS. sir, said Mrs Parin"ton. sneak.
ing "i ca" who had drank himself to death
a yes sir, dissolution has brought many a
:; man To the grave.
{ Hridh! cakes are sometimes kept for fifty
& or hun,lrcd years, and no WONDER If he
Dr'dr makes it herself she does not want to
'hr"w IT away, and nobody will cat il.
$ some one blamed DR.. Marsh for chang
/ ~ ms mind. "Wcll, said he, that is
}, lhc nilicrcncc between man and a iackass:
'ho JackaSS can't change his mind, and u
V man Cal-lt'S human privilege"
q An invention that will be best apprpci.
"Td ny 'hc 'lrcd man returning from the
Il lodge meeting is the magnetic kcvholr
winch draws into lis rcccsScs the kew 1locrd
# near it.
e You want to know. tlo YOU, vouun man
S the difference between your hat and vo,Ii
knowledge? We'll, We reckon the one vou
:, wear and the other YOU air. Isn't rioht
NO, we know it isn't; but you do it, ali thC
O same.
. IF baby cries" says an EXCHANGE
Il warm It's feet before you dose it," II is
II nothing new, we understand, to warm ,
u baby when it cries; but, unfortunately. pn
rents uo not usually cOnnc the operation
II to the little ones feet.
t Mr. Robert Bvowning's iivcthousand
|. line poem will be published, it is said, tn,
II lSt day OF March.-Er. A very appropri
II at" time. We dare say the March hare
will be maddcr than ever if they attcmp
f to read it.
/ A pair of them: "Nhy don't you writ,
o what | dictac?" said merchant to Iii
}, cIcrN. "iiccaUsc the sun is shining on th,
Il paper 5" that ! can't see to write" "Ther
turn The paper over and write on the othc
= side, you Donkey
t Men are strange creatures. They vii
l. waste IN hour hunting collar button in
, stead OF having an extra supply and LETTING
S their wife find the missing one You ncvci
. see woman look for the pin she drops
Her husband finds ii when he walks arounC
e in his bare feet.
y Market Price Implied.
Whoever opens shop, or in any man.
4 nGr exposes his goods to public sale, vir.
, tually engages to deal with his customers
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